Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-06-30
MONTANA NEWS.


Hon. y. w. Met connell, Chief justice of
the Territory, will deliver the Grafton at
Butte on the ith OF Jaly.
The President approved Of the treaty
between the Crow Indians and representa-
tives Of the Cook City and Rocky Fork
railroad.
Among tle novel features to bc intro
duced at the coming fair and racing exhibi-
with broadswords.
a high compliment oi praise is paid To
Montana by Governor Leslie. VINO says
that the blue grass Of his own Kentucky
home is not 81 pleasant to his eye as the
bunch grass of Peerless Montana
The tent saloons that have been follow
ing the Manitoba road had to ''cosne To IA
quit hen the road reached the Indian
reservation. They cannot catch oa at this
end under the law passed ut the last SEES
sion Of the Legislature.
The secretary oi the interior Authorizes
the Crow Indians of southern Montana to
lease for grazing purposes 100000 acres
If land in the western end of their reserva-
tion. II is thought this will bring the In
dians about $25, 900 per year.
There IS going to be very bury season
for the Gallatin valley farmer, and he is al
ready al "A loss to find men to properly
conduct the labor required. Some one
could do u good business by starting nn in
telli.ence office in Bozemap, whore farmers
could secure help without So much trouble.
--Chroniclc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt, of Fort Benton,
had a narrow escape from drowning n few
days since while attempting To cross the
river from their home on the island above
town ON ~ small ferry boat. The cable
broke, letting the boat float down the river
with the current. Parties came 20 the res
cue in time To avoid n terrible ca laniiy.
One hundred citizens of Boz man aud
Gallntin county. cent Mr.. Diekersen of the
Miner. subscription list OF one hundrrd
paid-up Subscribers for the Daily Miner as
a slight testimonial of their regard for him
as "A newspaper man and as I'm evidence of
the friendly relations existing between the
silver City and the Qaeeu city Of the great
Gallatn valley.
COY. Potts was II member oi Nads-
worth Post, Grand Army OF the Republic,
of this city. He was greatly attached to
the veteran organization. II was only 4
few weeks before his death that he pre-
scented the post with a group oi neat iy
framed engravings oi conspicuous Union
soldiers including Grant. sherman, Thorn
as and Hayes. and also portraits oi Lin
coin and farragut.
( The Northern Pacific Railway company
is delinquent on N7soula town lot taxes
/ Had the company not located their depot
out uf town they n.i-ht have long since
sold their lots and found somebody else T.
pay the taxes. And the same is true O
/ Helena. Bozeman and Deer Lodge. Vow
they have the property to have aud 4
hold indefinitely. And they will neithe
s.i purchasers nor sympathy.-H Butte Dail,
Miner.
John \. Gum, who WA, in Butte yester
day. q plains that the recent order OF tn
department modifying the timber ordc
was only the legitimate result Of the practi
cad workings Of the original, the effects q
which the department could only ascertai
by its application. II this modification
shall prove insufficient to meet the requir'
metts OF the mining industry Others vi
follow. II j. not the purpose to embara-
ita I.prit a 4. 20
Miner.
Hon. sam Lau-iorue. Register Of th
United states Land ol.iot, met with
painful accident this morning. VIII
walking down Main street he stepped upp
"A loose plank ia front ri a new bgiidin
and ioll 10 the ground. The back "f hl
head striict against 4 pioce oi iron pip
'a.I az u.ly cut. which biad freely f"r
time. Was the result. II was quickly hal
dasod, aud though quite painful, does n"
prevent his attending 20 business. ~ Sai
has three children down with the -carl,
.,..r. he j. Inclined to think that troublf
never come sinsly.'
Yesterday morning At O'Clock, whea a
engine with steam up stood on one pi u
tracks leading from the Norihera pacit
round house. some imp oi mischief enter"
tine ca II in til. slb,rnrc % to" engineer au
moved the lever pbedirr' to the prgs-lIr
II the steam. the engine started oil IA
into the round house, dashed up asaiu-
another engine that was standing l1iri'l
and showed il off the track and into tn
rear wall. hooking hole ia the brics. Hen
II was caught and the steam turned OF l.
the engineer. Both engines suffered tp-pm
extent. thousa tie force oi the cpllIsio
was not sufficient to effect v-tr much dan
4se.-ii,rald.
oar friend viii Hanks, - -he 'rrs' Z al
Tribune, has got Linself into a bad scrap
and A. I h. sheriff is nov at the catara'
town we trust he viii not be top hard q
the publisher Of our esteemed contetnpo
ar-. The dist ressin- circumstance Il tai
, one oi the l.,vs enacted by Vie 18th Gel
eral Assembly u Montana imposes a heay
sne and Imprisonment Tor prize hsht'ns
and places ths hl-Esr-. Stakeholder. 80
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